Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

5 from 5 votes

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

This chocolate chip zucchini bread is the perfect way to use all that zucchini from the garden or grocery store! It’s moist, healthier than regular zucchini bread, and delicious!

Prep Time5

Cook Time1

Total Time1 5

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Servings: large slices

Calories: 355kcal

Author: Britni Vigil

Ingredients

3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup applesauce
1 tsp vanilla extract
8 oz cream cheese softened
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
½ tsp ground nutmeg
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 cups shredded zucchini

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease or flour two large loaf pans, seven small loaf pans, or one large + three small loaf pans.
In a large bowl, beat eggs, sugar, applesauce, and vanilla until smooth, about 3 minutes.
3 eggs, 2 cups sugar, 1 cup applesauce, 1 tsp vanilla extract
Add cream cheese and beat.
8 oz cream cheese
In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg.
2 cups flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
On low speed, beat dry ingredients into the egg mixture.
Toss chocolate chips lightly in flour then fold chocolate chips and zucchini into batter.
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, 2 cups shredded zucchini
Evenly divide batter between the prepared pans.
Bake at 350 degrees for 60 minutes for large loaves or 40 minutes for small loaves. Test doneness with a knife.
Allow to cool in pan for 10 minutes then remove from pan carefully and let cool completely on wire rack.
Slice and enjoy with butter or your favorite spread.

Notes

Add walnuts for a little extra crunch if you like nuts! They combine really nicely with the chocolate chips.

Double the recipe and make enough bread to freeze some for later or share with friends. It’s super easy to double compared to some recipes.

Slice the bread before freezing so you can thaw one piece at a time. We typically just put a slice in our toaster oven for a few minutes and it thaws and warms up great. You could do the same in a regular oven.

Test the bread for doneness by putting a knife or toothpick in the center of the bread. This is typically the part that takes the longest to cook.

Tap the bread pan on the counter before putting them into oven to help with even cooking and get out any bubbles.

Make this into zucchini bread muffins by filling muffin tins 3/4 full with the batter and baking for 18-20 minutes instead.

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